"i fell in love"

September 28, 2003

"so what's new with you? anything major happen in your life these past years?"

"i fell in love"

this was the dialog that went on last night between a friend of mine and a person that he hadn't seen in a few years (from what i gathered). now, i didn't think too much about this until today. because to be honest, i didn't care that she had fallen in love. what difference did it make to me? i didn't even know her!

it got me thinking though. if someone were ever to tell you that they fell in love, you'd definitely ask them about it. i mean, wouldn't you want to know when it happened, who it was and all the things in between? i would. i'd be curious to know. i think people like to hear about love stories (unless they've gone through some really bad experience and are still dealing with it). just think about what types of shows are on tv these days. you have blind date, a dating story, the wedding story, the bachelor, the bachelorette (for all the femmes) and a myriad of other similar shows that are basically about love stories. people are interested in hearing about other people falling in love. it's a 'feel-good' moment. and it's a moment that everyone longs to be in, in some point of their lives. people want to be in love with someone else. they want to be in a place where another person loves them for who they are, a place where they won't be judged or ridiculed, a place where they can just be who they are. and so when this has happened in a person's life, inquiring minds want to know about it!

it's evident when a person has just fallen in love. they act a certain way and say certain things about their loved ones. it's apparent. that's the thing about love. it's visible. people in love don't hide it. they don't pretend like it doesn't exist. they're not trying to sweep it underneath the rug from all the world to see. but please don't mistaken me for condoning PDA, because i don't condone it. not at all. as i was saying, love might manifest itself in you talking about the person all the time (though that could also be infactuation, which is totally opposite) or your knees shaking whenver you see them.

wouldn't it be AMAZING if our relationship with Christ came to a place where we were literally falling in love with Him over and over again every single day? if we came to a place where we were so head over heels in love with Him that we just wanted to tell everyone? it'd be so incredible. people could see all our symptoms of love and then ask us about it. they'd want to know about it. and every time, every single time, we could share with them the unfailing love of God for us and for all mankind. because that's what Christianity is all about. it's a love story. the Bible is a love story written from God to us. it's His account for just how deep, how wide, His love runs for the world and for us. isn't that beautiful?

if all of the Christian population on planet earth, began to fall in love with their Saviour more and more each day, things would happen. BIG things would happen. because when you fall in love, you start acting in different ways. you think in different ways. no longer is it all about you, it's also about your loved one. you'll want to spend more time with them. you'll avoid doing things to upset them, and that may mean you change some of your 'bad' habits. and at the end of it all, is it worth it? definitely. because to sacrifice your all for the one that you love most, shows you and shows them just how much you love them. God calls us to life that kind of life. if we say we love God with our lips, and truly mean it, they we must live a life in a way that reflects that. and it's not out of duty that we do it; it's not because we have to, but because we want to. it's out of our love for Him.

1 john 3:18-24 [NIV]
18 Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
19 This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence
20 whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
21 Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God
22 and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him.
23 And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.
24 Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.

Posted by Leo Chan at September 28, 2003 8:01 PM